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| Date: | 07 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. Men are working at the base of the ship. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. A group of men are standing on scaffolding at the base of the ship. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V... |
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| Description: | View of a steamer ship in a dry dock location. Painted sign on the side of the dry dock reads: "L.A. Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Dry Dock Lifting Capacit... |
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| Description: | A crane lowers a beam onto the frame of a boat. Workers can be seen standing along the top of the vessel and scaling a ladder. Construction equipment and m... |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hardhat stands on scaffolding at the stern of a ship under construction. Beams and other shipbuilding material can be seen scattered around... |
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| Description: | Two men stand on scaffolding as they work on the construction of the bow of a ship. Another man stands on the ground nearby. A crane is visible in the back... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View over pier made of pilings towards a floating drydock, now embedded in the ice, near Solombola, Russia. There are tall buildings behind it on the oppos... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Docks at Jones Island with a lone swan swimming. Many large ships and city buildings can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View from pier of Peterson's Boat Works in Sturgeon Bay. |
| Date: | 07 02 1960 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Manitowoc Shipbuilding floating drydock. Pilings and grass are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings on a hil... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th... |
| Date: | 09 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sideways launching of Hull 418, the Detroit Edison at Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc. A group of people are gathered at the wharf ... |
| Date: | 01 02 1928 |
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| Description: | John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee... |
| Date: | 03 11 1928 |
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| Description: | Covers have been pulled aside to reveal the new motor boat which sits in front of a large shed in Till Stuyvesant's yard in Lake Geneva. There is a large t... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | The five Dionne quintuplet girls, their sister and parents standing at the end of the observation car occupied by the Dionne party. They were in Superior t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of several men working in a shipyard. In the background is an American flag. The text at the bottom reads: "United States Ship... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a man riveting a ship in a shipyard. Text at bottom reads: "United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation." |
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